by Candida Fink, MD | Mar 12, 2017 | Antidepressant, Dr. Visits, Medications, Side effects, Treatment
Medication Management Tips I’m a psychiatrist and many of my patients take medicine to help manage their conditions, whether they have bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety, ADHD, and/or other psychiatric and medical issues. As a team, we try to whittle down the...
by Candida Fink, MD | Feb 17, 2009 | Medications, Self-Help
Times are tough, and if you’re uninsured with bipolar disorder, finding and paying for treatment and medication can seem like an insurmountable challenge. In Bipolar Disorder for Dummies, we offer some suggestions on how to access more affordable mental...
by Joe | Sep 26, 2008 | Medications
Several visitors to both the Bipolar Blog and Bipolar Beat have shown interest in lithium orotate – an over-the-counter form of lithium that’s touted to deliver lithium more efficiently to the brain (than lithium carbonate or lithium citrate), essentially...
by Candida Fink, MD | Sep 9, 2008 | Alternative - Complementary, Antidepressant, Bipolar Depression, Medications, Treatment
Treating the depression side of bipolar disorder is always a challenge. All too often, antidepressants don’t work or they have undesirable side effects. Many of the most popular and effective antidepressants also carry the risk of unmasking the manic side of...
by Joe | Aug 29, 2008 | Medications
You hear a lot about some of the more popular medications used to treat bipolar disorder, including lithium, Depakote, and Lamictal, but one medication that seems to be less common is Tegretol (Carbamazepine). According to Dr. Fink, “Tegretol is used far less...
by Joe | Aug 18, 2008 | Antidepressant, Diagnosis, Medications
According to the results of a recent survey conducted by Decision Resources (“one of the world’s leading research and advisory firms focusing on pharmaceutical and healthcare issues”), 52.3 percent of newly diagnosed bipolar disorder patients are...
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